Global Change and the Legal Profession, Past and Future: Perspectives from India

A lecture by the Hon'ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India

The University of Edinburgh is pleased to welcome the Hon’ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, on the 1st of June 2023 who will be giving a public lecture on “Global Change and the Legal Profession, Past and Future: Perspectives from India.”

About the speaker

Chief Justice of India, Dr. Dhananjay Yeshwant Chandrachud was born on November 11th, 1959. His father, Y.V. Chandrachud, was the 16th Chief Justice of India. He compounded his legal education with an LL.M from Harvard University in 1983 after obtaining the ‘Inlaks’ scholarship, and received the Joseph H. Beale prize for securing the highest marks in the Conflict of Laws course. He stayed at Harvard until 1986 to complete his Doctorate in Juridical Sciences. On completing his studies, he enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra.

While practicing as an Advocate, CJI Chandrachud remained involved in legal academics by taking a position as a Visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Bombay between 1988 and 1997. 

In 1988, CJI Chandrachud was designated as a Senior Advocate in June despite being only 38 years old—this designation is rarely given to advocates below the age of 40. Further, he was appointed as an Additional Solicitor General of India, a position he held until his elevation as a Judge of the Bombay HC on March 29th, 2000. 

After over a decade at the Bombay HC, then-Justice Chandrachud was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court on October 31st, 2013. He was elevated as a Supreme Court Judge on May 13th 2016, and became the 50th Chief Justice of India on 09.11.2022 and will serve till 10.11.2024 (which is one of the longest serving tenures).

This event is free but registration is required (link below).

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